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We’re in the midst of a boom in devices that show where people are at any point in time. Global positioning systems are among the hottest consumer electronics devices ever and cellphones increasingly come with G.P.S. chips. All of these devices churn out data that says something about how people live.
Such data could redefine what we know abou
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Featured on the cover of this month's New York Enterprise Report, Leonard has grown his father's Norwalk, Conn.-based dairy farm into a four-chain supermarket that redefines the shopping experience.
Too bad you have to live in the Northeast to enjoy Stew Leonard's. What makes this place so unique is aside from its high-quality, uber-fresh fo
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Online shoppers may have a new way of finding out which etailers have the items they most want to buy. And etailers should take note. By allowing users to learn if an item is available in real-time, etailers have a better chance of creating a loyal buyer.
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There is such a thing as your sales team working too hard. What I mean by this is that they might be pushing the customers too hard to get them to buy.
iEntry director of sales and overall wise person Susan Coppersmith says, "If you act hungry, you will starve." If your sales team is acting too desperate for a sale, the customer is likely to
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Biometric fingerprint payments, intelligent shopping carts, holographic sales assistance, and interactive dressing rooms are among the top shopping-experience innovations foreseen by shoppers, finds a TNS Retail Forward study.
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Great brands operate at a higher level.
They don't change the essence of who they are as the business changes. That's backward and that's why companies fail. Instead, they make sure that they direct how the business changes so that it fits with the brand, from the new lines they bring in, to the employees they hire, to the competing compa
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We all know the customer is the most important person in our business, but sometimes we forget that the second most important person in the business is any staff member that comes in contact with the customer in anyway. The staff member that deals with the customer face-to-face is the person who represents the business in the customers mind. If th
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Businesses, large and small, will be directly helped by the new economic stimulus legislation passed by Congress last week. But small businesses, in particular, may get the biggest lift indirectly — from consumers spending their tax rebates.
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Online customers want in-store pick-up. But what if you don't have a store? When in-store pick-up isn't available, for instance with online-only retailers, a new service from Shopatron can be used. The Shopatron platform helps etailers connect with brick-and-mortar stores in the consumer's area so that practically any item ordered online can be
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How Much Money Do Retailers Leave on the Table? A 2007 study clearly shows that online retailers are not capitalizing on the customer experience and are overly focused on innovation while ignoring the basics. With all the investments and improvements within the last five years in redesigns, usability, analytics, multivariate testing, and the incre
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Internet retailers are notorious price cutters, and manufacturers are getting fed up. I have been watching with interest the war between internet retailers and manufacturers for years, but there are signs that the battle is getting hotter.
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According to the latest Annual Holiday Survey commissioned by Deloitte, gift cards are seen as the top gift purchase for four consecutive years, with 69 percent of the consumers planning to buy them this year, compared with only 66 percent in 2006. The respondents plan to buy an average of 5.5 cards, compared with the 4.6 cards last year, at $36.2
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